Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χρυσωρύχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρυσωρύχος χρυσωρύχον

Structure: χρυσωρυχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)ru/ssw

Sense

  1. digging for gold

Examples

  • οὗτοι δὲ καὶ τοὺσ χρυσωρύχουσ μύρμηκασ καὶ Πᾶνασ σφηνοκεφάλουσ ὄφεισ τε καὶ βοῦσ καὶ ἐλάφουσ σὺν κέρασι καταπίνοντασ· (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 1 17:6)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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